Environmental Chemistry

The field of environmental chemistry has evolved significantly since the publication of the first edition of "Environmental Chemistry". Throughout the book's long life, it has chronicled emerging issues such as organochloride pesticides, detergent phosphates, stratospheric ozone depletion, the banning of chlorofluorocarbons, and greenhouse warming. During this time the first Nobel Prize for environmental chemistry was awarded. Written by environmental chemist Stanley Manahan, each edition has reflected the field's shift of emphasis from pollution and its effects to its current emphasis on sustainability. What makes this book so enduring? Completely revised, this ninth edition retains the organizational structure that has made past editions so popular while updating coverage of principles, tools, and techniques to provide fundamental understanding of environmental chemistry and its applications. Rather than immediately discussing specific environmental problems, Manahan systematically develops the concept of environmental chemistry so that when specific pollutions problems are discussed, the background necessary to understand the problem has already been developed. The following are new in the Ninth Edition: revised discussion of sustainability and environmental science; updated information on chemical fate and transport, cycles of matter; examination of the connection between environmental chemistry and green chemistry; coverage of transgenic crops; and, the role of energy in sustainability Potential use of toxic substances in terrorist attacks. Manahan emphasizes the importance of the anthrosphere - that part of the environment made and operated by humans and their technologies. Acknowledging technology will be used to support humankind on the planet, it is important that the anthrosphere be designed and operated in a manner that is compatible with sustainability and that it interacts constructively with the other environmental spheres. With clear explanations, real-world examples, and updated questions and answers, the book emphases the concepts essential to the practice of environmental science, technology, and chemistry while introducing the newest innovations in the field.

ISBN 1420059203   Volumes 1 ISBN13 9781420059205 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 1486 Publisher Taylor & Francis Inc   Published in Bosa Roca Imprint CRC Press Inc   Previous ISBN 9781566706339 Format Hardback   Height (mm) 254 Publication date 10 Dec 2009   Width (mm) 178 DEWEY 628.5   Spine width (mm) 45 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Undergraduate Pages 783

Ch. 1		The Environment and Sustainability Science
Ch. 2		Chemistry and the Anthrosphere: Environmental Chemistry and Green Chemistry
Ch. 3		Fundamentals of Aquatic Chemistry
Ch. 4		Oxidation-Reduction in Aquatic Chemistry
Ch. 5		Phase Interactions in Aquatic Chemistry
Ch. 6		Aquatic Microbial Biochemistry
Ch. 7		Water Pollution
Ch. 8		Water Treatment
Ch. 9		The Atmosphere and Atmospheric Chemistry
Ch. 10		Particles in the Atmosphere
Ch. 11		Gaseous Inorganic Air Pollutants
Ch. 12		Organic Air Pollutants
Ch. 13		Photochemical Smog
Ch. 14		The Endangered Global Atmosphere
Ch. 15		The Geosphere and Geochemistry
Ch. 16		Soil and Agricultural Environmental Chemistry
Ch. 17		Green Chemistry and Industrial Ecology
Ch. 18		Resources and Sustainable Materials
Ch. 19		Sustainable Energy: The Key to Everything
Ch. 20		Nature, Sources, and Environmental Chemistry of Hazardous Wastes
Ch. 21		Industrial Ecology for Waste Minimization, Utilization, and Treatment
Ch. 22		Environmental Biochemistry
Ch. 23		Toxicological Chemistry
Ch. 24		Toxicological Chemistry of Chemical Substances
Ch. 25		Chemical Analysis of Water and Wastewater
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